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Not in the Flesh
by Rendell, Ruth
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0099517221
- ISBN 13
- 9780099517221
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About This Item
Arrow Books, 2008. Paperback. Good. Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain b uried for ten years or so, and the post-mortem can not reveal the precise c ause of death. Wexford knows it will be a difficult job to identify the corpse. Although i t covers a relatively short period of time, the police computer stores a lo ng list of missing persons. People disappear at an alarming rate - hundreds each day. When another body is found nearby, the detection skills of Wexford, Burden and the other investigating officers of the Kingsmarkham Police Force are t ested to the utmost to discover whether the deaths are connected and to tra ck down whoever is responsible. 'Compulsively readable' The Scotsman 'Rendell never fails to come up trumps' Irish Times 'Wexford is as solid and reliable as ever' Birmingham Post 'As ever, Rendell writes both literately and perceptively about her characters and the world they live in' Spectator.
Synopsis
A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world." When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master's first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand.In Not in the Flesh, Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that's become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000051708
- Title
- Not in the Flesh
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0099517221
- ISBN 13
- 9780099517221
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 2008
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